Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8. Green and red jasper (heliotrope). Mounted in an ancient gold pendant (E. Zwierlein-Diehl).
A: In the upper register: a goddess (Cybele) sitting on a throne, clad in a long garment, wearing a calathus, holding a torch (?) in her right hand and a scepter with a bird at the top in her left hand. Beside her on each side: a lion with a star above the head. In the lower register: the three Graces in embrace, two of them holding something in their hands. On each side: an eight-pointed star. Greek inscription running along the edge: νλνυλυνλι ι character ι two characteres ουλβυδνν νν → unidentified voces.
B: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour with a whip held high in the right hand and a shield in the left hand. Greek inscription around the figure: ιλνηλιλυηαιλι → unidentified voces. On the left: letter ι.
Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 271.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3576
Zwierlein-Diehl 2019, 326, n. 132